PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air purification apparatus having high air purification performance while suppressing evaporation of water.SOLUTION: The air purification apparatus is provided that comprises a main body case 1 with a suction opening 2 and a blowing opening 3, an air trunk 7 which communicates the suction opening 2 with the blowing opening 3, an air-blowing means 4, a cylindrical rotatable air-cleaning filter 5 provided in the air trunk 7, and a water tank 6 in which a part of the air-cleaning filter can be immersed. In the air purification apparatus, a flow straightening plate 9 is arranged along a rotating plane surface of the air-cleaning filter 5 with a predetermined distance to the air-cleaning filter 5, and air to be treated is flown through a space between the flow straightening plate 9 and the rotating plane surface of the air-cleaning filter 5.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】水の気化を抑制しつつ、高い空気浄化性能を有する空気浄化装置を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】吸込口２と吹出口３を設けた本体ケース１と、前記吸込口２と前記吹出口３を連通する空気風路７と、送風手段４と、前記空気風路７内に設けた回転可能な筒形状の空気清浄フィルタ５と、前記空気清浄フィルタの一部を水に浸すことのできる水槽６と、を有し、前記空気清浄フィルタ５と所定間隔を設けて前記空気清浄フィルタ５の回転面表面に沿って整流板９を配設し、前記整流板９と前記空気清浄フィルタ５の回転面表面との間に被処理空気を流すことを特徴とする。【選択図】図１
